As political debates on ESG issues get more heated in the US, companies are cooling their talk on the topic, research shows.

Larry Fink’s annual letter warns of strategic challenges ahead, but says recent events will “accelerate the shift” to renewable energies.

Sustainability guru David Nussbaum has been appointed to the board of energy giant Drax, a company that he says is already on the right path to embracing the new, more responsible business environment in which we live.

British energy company SSE is in the vanguard of publishing gender pay gap data, but is forced to reveal that the gap has widened year on year.